This Saturday sees Jamie’s Lancers take on Dover Athletic in our final pre-season friendly before we travel again to South East Kent to take on Deal Town in our opening league match the following week. This will be the first time that the Lancers have met Dover and will be a special match for chairman Barry Sutton who first attended a Dover match in 1982 and was a regular at the Megger Community Stadium at Crabble until his move to Sussex in 1996. He will still occasionally be seen supporting Dover whenever Lancing are without a game! Dover have played at Culver Road before, however, when they played an FA Cup 2nd qualifying round match against Guernsey which you can read about here Guernsey FA Cup campaign ended by 3-2 loss to Dover – BBC Sport
The Lancers continue their tough pre-season campaign and three new signings in Billy Oliver, Stan Berry and Evan Hoarty will all be vying for a place in the squad. Last Saturday saw us lose to Isthmian Premier League outfit Hastings United 4-0, a score which doesn’t reflect the overall balance of play and, indeed, if it wasn’t for the excellence of former Lancer Louis Rogers in goal then the match would have been much closer. A couple of individual errors gave Hastings a first half lead and Jamie will be working hard in training to eradicate them.
Dover – nicknamed the Whites – are also in the Isthmian Premier League this season, having been relegated from the Vanarama National League South last season and come off the back of a 4-2 defeat to Tonbridge Angels. They will be looking to bounce straight back up this year and having made the signings of Mitch Walker, Luca Cocoracchio and Joe Tennent (amongst others) from Whitehawk they appear to be in a good position to do just that and this has been reflected in a strong pre-season which includes a 5-1 home win over Ramsgate.
Kick off on Saturday is 3pm and admission prices are £8 for adults and £6 for concessions. Dover operate a cashless establishment now so only accept bank card payments. Any supporters that do not have access to a bank card can go to reception, where they will take cash. Players and supporters to park at the bottom of the slope, around the rugby pitch as they do not have parking spaces in the club car park. We will provide limited updates on X and don’t forget to keep an eye out for the score between Chipstead and Athletic Newman in the FA Cup as we will face the winners at Culver Road on the 17th August.
Other Lancing News
Our online club shop is up and running including replica shirts at just £29 for adults and £25 for Juniors. You can access the Club shop via the website (just click on club shop on the home page). Other merchandise including our new hats, scarves and mugs will still be available at home matches. We are hoping to add our new away shirts to the range as soon as possible.
The 100 Club draw was made on Friday and the winners were
- Shirley Whitaker – £75
- Clive Peters – £50
- Dave Wilmott – £25
To be in with a chance of winning please contact our organiser, Dave Wilmott, who will talk you through it all. Dave can be reached on matchdays or via email at djwil3146@outlook.com
Players are available for sponsor – if you wish to sponsor your favourite player then please email Barrystgermain1@gmail.com. The cost is £50 or £150 for the enhanced sponsorship. You can read more here Player Sponsorship – Lancing FC
The Annual Fantasy Football competition is in full swing with 148 people already entered. If you would like the chance to stop Gav Riley from winning a hat-trick of titles then join up here https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/w5gfso
Finally a reminder that there is a supporters minibus going to Deal Town on August 10th. We know the boys would really love your support and there is no easier way to get to the game than on the supporters bus which leaves Culver Road at 10:30 and costs £30 for adults and £10 for U18s. Let Barry know if you want to reserve a seat or come along to Culver Road at 10:30 if you decide last minute!
